Jason Dufner endured a rough front nine, with three bogeys offsetting three birdies, but sprinted to the finish with four birdies on the back nine at Muirfield Village Golf Club to capture the Memorial Tournament – his first US PGA Tour win in more than a year.
Kisner’s Great Big Bertha driver is unusual in that the production model only has one weight in the sliding track, but Kisner’s has two – one in the centre rear and one in the heel to promote a draw bias.
The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
Si Woo Kim won the Players Championship with some timely putting this morning at TPC Sawgrass, using his Scotty Cameron by Titleist 009M to near perfection.
With the news of TaylorMade’s acquisition by private-equity firm KPS Capital Partners, it brings to mind numerous other purchases of equipment companies.
A day after Rory McIlroy signed a long-term deal with the company, TaylorMade is back in the news. In a press release, Adidas AG announced overnight that KPS Capital Partners has purchased the TaylorMade brand for $US425 million.
After extensive testing of virtually every major brand while exploring offers from multiple equipment companies, McIlroy has entered into a “long-term” contract with TaylorMade.
Australian Golf Digest
